[BaadAssGremlins] Re: Pacer motor mounts oddities

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed, they had to change from plan a to plan b on the fly. As for underpowered, I am not 
sure that the 4 banger Wankel engine would have been sufficient for the Pacer. I think the 
V8 early on would have been best choice, it is what Randall AMC in Mesa, AZ was doing, and 
AMC flew out some brass to check out the conversions, and figured if they can do it, AMC 
can do it at the factory and rest is history:

http://www.planethoustonamx.com/stuff/randall-gremlin-xr.htm

Eddie Stakes
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LarryS" <vision1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:21 AM
Subject: RE: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Pacer motor mounts oddities


> But when you figure the Pacer was never supposed to HAVE the Jeep engine,
> the lack of interchangability makes a lot more sense.
>
> It was *supposed* to get the fancy, new, rotary engine in *front wheel
> drive* -- a configuration, I might add, that does not exist domestically
> even to this day.
>
> Remember, too, that the 40Mil included not just the initial work, but all
> the re-tooling and re-engineering to PUT that I-6 in there -- ain't cheap.
> They couldn't even use a 4cyl, the car was too heavy!  Even with the 6, it's
> a relative dog, but the cornering is wonderful (for the time) and the ride
> is nice so the straight-line laziness was kinda easy to overlook.
>
> I had always wanted to do the FWD thing to a Pacer and if I could find a
> decent coupe body (I have a wagon), I'd carve FWD into it (perhaps a 3.8 gm
> setup).  In the doing, I'd carve out the huge tunnel, too, front seat AND
> back.  It would be very cool, IMO, and be slackjaw impressive to any other
> Pacer owner -- it'd look like it was always supposed to have looked ;-)
> Flat floors, and wide open spaces.
>
> Or, I might ditch these Pacers altogether.  There's an old farmer with an
> old fastback Marlin (67 or so?) about 4 miles from me.  I might see if he's
> emotionally attached to that thing.  It didn't look all that bad, really.
> Might drop a 460 in it just to be different.
>
> L.



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